Fountain

Buxton water trough - Enfield

Erection date: 1879

Inscription

{On one end:}
The gift of J. H. Buxton, 1879

{On both sides:}
Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association

Site: Buxton water trough - Enfield (1 memorial)

EN1, Forty Hill

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Buxton water trough - Enfield

Subjects commemorated i

John Henry Buxton

Our colleague, Andrew Behan, did some searching and at the Cambridge Alumni D...

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Buxton water trough - Enfield

Created by i

Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association

Started by Samuel Gurney MP and the barrister, Edward Thomas Wakefield. Found...

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